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rosca de 20 fios

English translation: 20 thread screw

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Portuguese term or phrase:rosca de 20 fios
English translation:20 thread screw
Entered by: Daniel Fernandes

12:52 Jul 16, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / bolt/screw
Portuguese term or phrase: rosca de 20 fios
Hi,

como fica a tradução de "rosca de 20 fios" em inglês ?

att,
Daniel Mendes
Daniel Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 01:30
20 thread screw
Explanation:
See http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/metal/Metal-Worker-Assistant/... : "In the Piedmont silk-mills, this principle is carried to the extreme, as the screw and wheel become alike, and revolve turn for turn; the teeth, supposing them to be 20, are then identical with those of a 20 thread screw ... "
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LawAndAll (X)
Local time: 06:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +320 thread screw
LawAndAll (X)
420 thread
Daniel Martz
420-turn thread
Martin Clowes


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
20 thread


Explanation:
20 thread (bolt, nut)

Daniel Martz
Local time: 01:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
20 thread screw


Explanation:
See http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/metal/Metal-Worker-Assistant/... : "In the Piedmont silk-mills, this principle is carried to the extreme, as the screw and wheel become alike, and revolve turn for turn; the teeth, supposing them to be 20, are then identical with those of a 20 thread screw ... "

LawAndAll (X)
Local time: 06:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  kashew: 20-thread screw.
35 mins
agree  Marlene Curtis
1 hr
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
2 hrs
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
20-turn thread


Explanation:
This allows the possibilities of the thread being either on the screw or bolt, or what it screws into (or even on a bottle or its cap, although unlikely at 20 turns!).



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Martin Clowes
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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